Open AccessDoes Vitamin D Improve All-cause Mortality in Critically Ill Adults? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Author(s) -
Anjan Trikha,
Manpreet Kaur,
Kapil Dev Soni
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24260
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , subgroup analysis , meta analysis , placebo , intensive care unit , odds ratio , randomized controlled trial , cochrane library , intensive care , apache ii , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Vitamin D deficiency is an amendable risk factor linked to increase in mortality in critically ill patients. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate if vitamin D supplementation reduced the mortality, and length of stay (LOS) in intensive care units (ICU) and hospitals in critically ill adults including coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-2019) patients.